1984–85 Aberdeen F.C. season

Aberdeen

1984–85 season
Chairman	Dick Donald
Manager	Alex Ferguson
Scottish Premier Division	1st (Champions)
Scottish Cup	Semi-final
Scottish League Cup	Second round
European Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Frank McDougall (22) All: Frank McDougall (24)
Highest home attendance	23,000 (5 times) (vs. Rangers, 15 September 1984) (vs. Celtic, 8 December 1984) (vs. (Rangers, 19 January 1985) (vs. Heart of Midlothian, 13 March 1985) (vs. (Celtic, 27 April 1985)
Lowest home attendance	11,000 (vs Morton, 12 January 1985)
Average home league attendance	16,152

Aberdeen competed in the Scottish Premier Division, Scottish Cup, League Cup and European Champions' Cup in season 1984–85.

Overview

Aberdeen won their fourth Scottish League championship and reached the semi-finals of the Scottish Cup, but were knocked out in the first round of the Scottish League Cup and the European Cup. New signing Frank McDougall scored 24 goals in his debut season at Pittodrie as Aberdeen won the Premier Division with a record points total of 59 from a possible 72.

Results

Scottish Premier Division

Main article: 1984–85 Scottish Premier Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1.	11 August	Dundee	H	3–2	Stark, Black (2)	14,700
2.	18 August	St Mirren	A	2–0	Stark, Falconer	5,445
3.	25 August	Dundee United	A	2–0	Black (2)	13,033
4.	1 September	Hibernian	H	4–1	McKimmie, Black, Simpson, McDougall	14,500
5.	8 September	Morton	A	3–0	Stark, Black, Falconer	5,000
6.	15 September	Rangers	H	0–0		23,000
7.	22 September	Dumbarton	A	2–0	W. Miller, Falconer	4,500
8.	29 September	Heart of Midlothian	H	4–0	Angus, Falconer, McDougall (2)	16,344
9.	6 October	Celtic	A	1–2	McDougall	31,418
10.	13 October	Dundee	A	2–1	McDougall, Stark	10,990
11.	20 October	St Mirren	H	4–0	Stark, Porteous, McDougall (2)	14,100
12.	6 November	Hibernian	A	3–0	Stark, McDougall, Black	8,000
13.	10 November	Morton	H	3–1	W. Miller, Simpson, McDougall	14,500
14.	17 November	Rangers	A	2–1	Stark, McDougall	44,000
15.	24 November	Dumbarton	H	1–0	McDougall	13,200
16.	1 December	Heart of Midlothian	A	2–1	Stark, Cowan	10,037
17.	8 December	Celtic	H	4–2	McKimmie, Black (2), McDougall	23,000
18.	15 December	Dundee	H	0–0		14,000
19.	22 December	Dundee United	H	0–1		16,354
20.	29 December	St Mirren	A	2–2	McDougall (2)	6,287
21.	2 January	Dundee United	A	1–2	McQueen	21,944
22.	5 January	Hibernian	H	2–0	McKimmie, Weir	13,700
23.	12 January	Morton	H	5–0	Cooper, McDougall, Weir, Mitchell, Cowan	11,000
24.	19 January	Rangers	H	5–1	McQueen, Black, McDougall (3)	23,000
25.	2 February	Dumbarton	A	2–0	Black, Stark	3,500
26.	9 February	Heart of Midlothian	H	2–2	Simpson, Weir	16,240
27.	23 February	Celtic	A	0–2		48,834
28.	2 March	St Mirren	H	3–0	Black, Stark, Cowan	12,000
29.	16 March	Dundee	A	4–0	Stark (2), Black, Simpson	9,161
30.	23 March	Hibernian	A	5–0	McQueen, Black (3), Hewitt	9,000
31.	30 March	Dundee United	H	4–2	Stark, Cowan, Hewitt (2)	15,600
32.	6 April	Rangers	A	2–1	Cowan, Black	23,437
33.	20 April	Dumbarton	H	4–0	Stark, McLeish, Angus, Kay (Own goal)	12,500
34.	27 April	Celtic	H	1–1	W. Miller	23,000
35.	4 May	Heart of Midlothian	A	3–0	McDougall (3)	8,251
36.	11 May	Morton	A	2–1	Stark, McDougall	3,600

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Aberdeen (C)	36	27	5	4	89	26	+63	59	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Celtic	36	22	8	6	77	30	+47	52	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Dundee United	36	20	7	9	67	33	+34	47	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Rangers	36	13	12	11	47	38	+9	38
5	St Mirren	36	17	4	15	51	56	−5	38

Source: Statto
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1984–85 Scottish League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R2	22 August	Airdrieonians	A	1–3	Stark	5,000

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1984–85 Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R3	30 January	Alloa Athletic	H	5–0	Stark (3), Simpson, Hewitt	13,500
R4	16 February	Raith Rovers	A	2–1	McDougall	10,000
R5	9 March	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–1	Black	23,900
R5 R	13 March	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–0	Stark	23,000
SF	13 April	Dundee United	N	0–0		18,485
SF R	17 April	Dundee United	N	1–2	Angus	10,771

European Champions' Cup

Main article: 1984–85 European Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	19 September	Dinamo Berlin	H	2–1	Black (2)	20,000
R1 L2	3 October	Dinamo Berlin	A	1–2	Angus	20,000

Squad

Appearances & Goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier Division		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Europe
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	SCO	Bryan Gunn	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	SCO	Jim Leighton	43	0	34	0	6	0	1	0	2	0
	DF	SCO	Stewart McKimmie	41	3	34	3	4	0	1	0	2	0
	DF	SCO	Alex McLeish	39	1	30	1	6	0	1	0	2	0
	DF	SCO	Tommy McQueen	42	3	35	3	4	0	1	0	2	0
	DF	SCO	Willie Miller (c)	44	3	35	3	6	0	1	0	2	0
	DF	SCO	Brian Mitchell	16	1	13	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Ian Angus	35	4	28	2	5	1	0	0	2	1
	MF	SCO	Doug Bell	29	0	22	0	5	0	1	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	Neale Cooper	27	1	20	1	5	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	SCO	Brian Grant	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	John McMaster	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Joe Miller	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Ian Porteous	17	1	13	1	2	0	1	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	Neil Simpson	42	5	33	4	6	1	1	0	2	0
	MF	SCO	Billy Stark	40	20	32	15	5	4	1	1	2	0
	MF	SCO	Peter Weir	18	3	16	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Eric Black	35	20	27	17	6	1	0	0	2	2
	FW	SCO	Steve Cowan	20	5	16	5	3	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Willie Falconer	19	4	16	4	0	0	1	0	2	0
	FW	SCO	John Hewitt	29	4	22	3	5	1	0	0	2	0
	FW	SCO	Frank McDougall	30	24	28	22	2	2	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Paul Wright	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

References

• Kevin Stirling. Aberdeen A Centenary History 1903-2003. Desert Island Books 2002. ISBN 1-874287-49-X.